8 By faith ^aAbraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.  ‡

9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, ^adwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, ^bthe heirs with him of the same promise;  ‡

11 By faith ^aSarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and ^bshe bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him ^cfaithful who had promised.  ‡

12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as ^adead, were born as many as the ^bstars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.  ‡